CA1135982A - Electronic musical apparatus - Google Patents

Electronic musical apparatus

Info

Publication number: CA1135982A
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: strip; resistance; resistor; conductor; along
Prior art date: 1978-09-18
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

CA000333683A

Other languages

English (en)

French (fr)

Inventor

Franklin N. Eventoff

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Individual

Original Assignee

Individual

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1978-09-18

Filing date

1979-08-14

Publication date

1982-11-23

1979-08-14 Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual

1982-11-23 Application granted granted Critical

1982-11-23 Publication of CA1135982A publication Critical patent/CA1135982A/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
- G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
- G10H1/00—Details of electrophonic musical instruments
- G10H1/32—Constructional details
- G10H1/34—Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments
- G10H1/342—Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments for guitar-like instruments with or without strings and with a neck on which switches or string-fret contacts are used to detect the notes being played
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10S84/00—Music
- Y10S84/07—Electric key switch structure

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
Multimedia (AREA)
Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)

CA000333683A 1978-09-18 1979-08-14 Electronic musical apparatus Expired CA1135982A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US05/943,501 US4235141A (en)	1978-09-18	1978-09-18	Electronic apparatus
US943,501		1978-09-18

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
CA1135982A true CA1135982A (en)	1982-11-23

Family

ID=25479776

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
CA000333683A Expired CA1135982A (en)	1978-09-18	1979-08-14	Electronic musical apparatus

Country Status (9)

Country	Link
US (1)	US4235141A (it)
JP (1)	JPS5570895A (it)
AU (1)	AU530218B2 (it)
BR (1)	BR7905893A (it)
CA (1)	CA1135982A (it)
DE (1)	DE2937483A1 (it)
GB (1)	GB2032698B (it)
IT (1)	IT1120576B (it)
MX (1)	MX147083A (it)

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1978
- 1978-09-18 US US05/943,501 patent/US4235141A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1979
- 1979-08-14 CA CA000333683A patent/CA1135982A/en not_active Expired
- 1979-08-22 AU AU50153/79A patent/AU530218B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1979-09-05 GB GB7930809A patent/GB2032698B/en not_active Expired
- 1979-09-14 BR BR7905893A patent/BR7905893A/pt unknown
- 1979-09-17 IT IT50276/79A patent/IT1120576B/it active
- 1979-09-17 DE DE19792937483 patent/DE2937483A1/de not_active Withdrawn
- 1979-09-18 JP JP11890279A patent/JPS5570895A/ja active Pending
- 1979-09-18 MX MX179321A patent/MX147083A/es unknown

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
BR7905893A (pt)	1980-05-27
US4235141A (en)	1980-11-25
MX147083A (es)	1982-09-30
GB2032698B (en)	1983-01-06
AU530218B2 (en)	1983-07-07
DE2937483A1 (de)	1980-03-27
IT1120576B (it)	1986-03-26
JPS5570895A (en)	1980-05-28
IT7950276A0 (it)	1979-09-17
AU5015379A (en)	1980-03-27
GB2032698A (en)	1980-05-08

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1999-11-23	MKEX	Expiry

Publication	Publication Date	Title
CA1135982A (en)	1982-11-23	Electronic musical apparatus
GB1535008A (en)	1978-12-06	Step-on type tone scale play device
CA1075343A (en)	1980-04-08	Simple touch sensitive membrane keyboard apparatus
US3592098A (en)	1971-07-13	Electronic musical instrument employing plural tuning sheets and a hand-held selector
US3460425A (en)	1969-08-12	Electrically operated musical device
US2964986A (en)	1960-12-20	Push button chord derivation and apparatus
US4430918A (en)	1984-02-14	Electronic musical instrument
DE59601427D1 (de)	1999-04-15	Elektrisch isolierende gasdichte durchführung
US3941023A (en)	1976-03-02	Chord button assembly
US4305321A (en)	1981-12-15	Electrical control devices
HK63979A (en)	1979-09-14	Electrical control device and electronic musical instruments equipped therewith
US3110211A (en)	1963-11-12	Electronic organ construction
US3776087A (en)	1973-12-04	Electronic musical instrument with variable impedance playboard providing portamento
US4677419A (en)	1987-06-30	Electronic musical instrument
JPS6363009U (it)	1988-04-26
CA2284805A1 (en)	1999-07-29	Heating device and method
CA1161921A (en)	1984-02-07	Pressure sensitive electronic device
GB1572583A (en)	1980-07-30	Toys
JPH0216396Y2 (it)	1990-05-07
US2032435A (en)	1936-03-03	Musical instrument with electric sound reproduction system
JPS6358300U (it)	1988-04-18
CA1174311A (en)	1984-09-11	Electrical control strip formed with a potentiometer
JPH0397833U (it)	1991-10-09
JPS6344356U (it)	1988-03-25
ES1007369U (es)	1989-01-16	Dispositivo para masaje por vibracion con calor.